TO TFIE EDITOR OF THE *« TIMES. " 



Sir, 



The continued dropping of water will, 

 it is said, wear away the hardest stone. It would 

 seem as if the Confederates, in their straits after 

 the repeated defeats which they have suffered both 

 inside and outside the Legislature, have fallen 

 back on this moral as a forlorn hope for their 

 future course of action, imagining, no doubt, that 

 the frequent and continued repetition ot untruths 

 and senseless dogmas may, among the many 

 apathetic and unreflective, bo made to pass as 

 truths and valid reasons. It may bo (and I know 

 it is) contended by some that it is a waste of time 

 to answer such impotent trash — that the objections 

 rMsed by the opponents of Confederation are so 

 strong and unanswerable, the numerical strength 

 of the latter so great, (embracing nearly all of 

 every class, with the exception of the members of 

 the Executive Government, the lawyers, a few of 

 the other officials and the place-hunters,) that 

 there cannot be anything to fear from them. Now, 

 I confess that I am not of the number of those who 

 take this view of the situation. My experience 

 has taught me that the battle is not to be won by 

 mere strength. There is something more wanted. 

 All men of observation and experience know right 

 well that an unorganized mol), be it ever so great, 

 is sure to be beaten by a comparatively very small 

 force if well-disciplined and acting with one mind 

 and one purpose. Hence I argue unless the oppo- 

 nents of Confederation cease to despise the strength 

 of the Confederates, and in good earnest begin to 

 organise themselves, they may when too late find 

 r)ut to their sorrow the great mistake they have 

 made. 



